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Dedication of the Sanctuary

3/27/2017

 
 "I rejoiced when they said to me, 'Let us go up to the house of the Lord.'" ~ Psalm 122
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After a long renovation process, the sanctuary of the Cathedral finally reached a point where the Bishop could dedicate the sanctuary and consecrate the altars. We have been waiting for this day and were delighted to be able to celebrate such a wonderful liturgy on the Solemnity of the Annunciation.




​The sanctuary readied for the
Rite of Dedication.



In the months leading up to the
completion of the sanctuary, our Bishop made the sanctuary gates and the large cross for the high altar crucifix. He also lined the tabernacle with acacia wood,
the same wood that was used to
​build the Ark of the Covenant.
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The Bishop, Bishop Emeritus, clergy and servers enter the sanctuary for the Mass of Dedication

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After the Asperges, the readings and homily, the clergy and congregation kneel to chant the Litany of the Saints. The litany invokes in a special way the saints whose relics will be placed in the altars.
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The relics of the saints resting on a red cushion by the
​ Bishop Emeritus, waiting to be sepulchered in the altars.
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The saints in the main altar are Sts. Victoris and Reparatae, while the saints in the high altar are Sts. Fortunatis and Paulina.

St. Victoris was a soldier martyred for the faith. His feast is celebrated on July 21st.

St. Reparatae is a Virgin martyr from Palestine who was tortured and martyred at the age of 11.

St. Fortunatis was martyred during the reign of Diocletian in the year 303AD.

St. Paulina, known as Mother Paulina of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus, died July 9, 1942.
She is considered to be a Patroness of those
​who suffer from diabetes.
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The Deacon of the Relics, assisted by the Master of Ceremonies, places the relics in the High Altar.

After the relics are placed in the altar, the Bishop anoints the mensa. The Bishop pours the sacred chrism on the middle of the altar and on each of its four corners before anointing the entire mensa. The anointing with chrism makes the altar a symbol of Christ, who is "The Anointed One".
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​The Bishop incenses the newly
anointed altars. Incense is first burned on the altars to signify that Christ's sacrifice, perpetuated on the altar in mystery, ascends to God as an odor of sweetness.
The incense also signifies the prayers of the people rising up to the throne of God as pleasing offering.

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The altars are clothed with the sacred linens and prepared for the lighting of the altars.
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"Light of Christ, shine forth in the Church and bring all peoples to the fullness of truth."
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The deacon offers the candle blessed by the Bishop to the servers to light the altars.

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Christ is the light to enlighten all nations. His brightness shines out in the Church and through it to the whole human family.
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The Holy Sacrifice is offered on the newly consecrated altar
​ and Our Lord is placed in the tabernacle for the first time.
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Receiving Communion at the rail for the first time.
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"God is in his holy dwelling place;
the God who causes us to dwell together,
one at heart, in his house; he himself will
​give power and strength to his people."
Communion Antiphon

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"Every Person Is What He Loves"

3/24/2017

 
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​​"To love what is
below the human,
is degradation;

to love what is human
for the sake of the human,
is mediocrity;

to love the human
for the sake of the Divine,
is enriching;

to love the Divine
for its own sake
​is sanctity."

Ven. Fulton Sheen
"Every person is what he loves. Love becomes like unto that which it loves. If it loves heaven, it becomes heavenly; if it loves the carnal as a god, it becomes corruptible. The kind of immortaily we have depends on the kind of loves we have. Putting it negatively, he who tells you what he does not love, also tells you what he is. Amor pondus meum: "Love is my gravitation," said St. Augustine. This slow conversion of a subject into an object, of a lover into the beloved, of the miser into his gold, of the saint into his God, discloses the importance of loving the right things. The nobler our loves, the nobler our character. To love what is below the human, is degradation; to love what is human for the sake of the human, is mediocrity; to love the human for the sake of the Divine, is enriching; to love the Divine for its own sake is sanctity." ~ Venerable Fulton J. Sheen
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Sister praying the Stations of the Cross under the loving gaze of Our Lady

St. Joseph, Pray for us!

3/20/2017

 
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Flight into Egypt by Alexander Bida
"O St. Joseph, happy are you to whom it was given not only to see and hear that God whom
so many desired to see and saw not, to hear and heard not, but even to carry Him in your arms,
​ to embrace Him, to clothe Him, to watch over Him....
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"O St. Joseph, what others have only after death,
you had while still living; like the blessed in
heaven, you enjoyed God and lived close to Him. You clasped to your heart the Infant Jesus, you accompanied Him in the flight to Egypt, you
​ sheltered Him under your roof."
~ Roman Breviary

​Sister Sacristan preparing for the Missa Cantata
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Lenten Labors of Love

3/15/2017

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"In the holy season of Lent, the Church sets out once again on the path leading to Easter. With Jesus as her guide, and walking in his footsteps, she invites us to cross the desert."
~ St. John Paul II

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As an aid in our Lenten journey, the Sisters made a simple shrine honoring our Sorrowful Mother outside of the Chapel. This shrine is also our Stational Church shrine, enabling us to enter each day into the pilgrimage of the Church in Rome. Each time we come to or go from prayer, we are reminded that we are pilgrims on our way to the eternal Easter.
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​Our Lenten liturgical prayer is marked by a certain simplicity. The Chapel, while retaining the beauty appropriate to the worship of God, is stripped of those things that speak to us too strongly of what is yet to come. Lent is a season of entering the desert with Christ so as to come to the glories of the resurrection with Christ. Over the convent grounds comes a deepened silence. We strive to imitate in this holy season the silence of our Eucharistic Spouse. We take His silence in the Host as our model in working to foster an atmosphere conducive to constant adoration and prayer. 
This increased conventual (and personal) stillness is not a separation from our mission of evangelization. Far from it! This Lent has been a particularly beautiful Lent of apostolic endeavors. The Sisters sang with the choir for the Rite of Election, visited the SSU Newman Center, facilitated the Sodality Consecration, sang a Requiem High Mass, spoke to the young people on the Pan de Vida retreat, spent time the students of Kolbe/Trinity School, and our Lord has planned many more apostolic adventures for Lent, in addition to the gift of our daily duties. It is the conventual silence and recollection with our Spouse that enables us to serve Him in the service of other souls.
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Vocation

3/14/2017

 
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Sodality Consecration

3/7/2017

 
Our Lady of Grace Sodality, one of our apostolates, celebrated the Marian consecration of one of its members on First Saturday. The Sodality is a group of young ladies who are committed to growing in personal holiness and serving their parish community through their consecration to Jesus through Mary. The young women of this Sodality have chosen as their secondary patron Venerable Teresita Quevedo, a lively Spanish Sodalist who lived her Sodality consecration to our Lady with heroic virtue. Her Sodality motto was, "May all who see me, see thee, O Mary!" Dying at the young age of twenty, she is recognized as a model of personal holiness and a special friend of Sodalists. During the consecration ceremony, the candidate makes her Marian consecration and receives a blessed garment as an outward sign of her consecration and her association with the Sodality. The Sodality consecration was followed by the newly elected officers making their Sodality pledges.

"Thou Art Dust..."

3/1/2017

 
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